A small group gathered with President Judith Woodsworth on Tuesday, March 16, for the groundbreaking of the new Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics which is being constructed on the Loyola Campus with close to $30 million allocated by the Knowledge Infrastructure Program.

The Centre will house a $17.5 million dollar research project led by Adrian Tsang, of the Department of Biology; the largest of its kind ever funded in Genome Canada’s history.

The project will advance research on deploying fungal enzymes to break down biomass into sugars for conversion into fuels.

From left to right: Biology professor Adrian Tsang; President Judith Woodsworth; associate professor of Biology, Vincent Martin and Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies Louise Dandurand.

From left to right: Vincent Martin; Arts and Science Associate-Dean Graham Carr; Adrian Tsang; acting director of the Office of Research, Carole Brabant; President Judith Woodsworth; Director Facilities planning and development, Martine Lehoux; Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies Louise Dandurand; Vice-President Services Michael Di Grappa; Arts and Science Associate Dean, Academic Programs, Joanne Locke and Arts and Science Dean Brian Lewis.

Read more about the new Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics in the Concordia Journal.

Posted on March 18, 2010